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At a meetiDg of the Executive Committee of the New York Histori- 
cal Society, held at the Library on Tuesday Evening, May 18th, lS7o, 
the following resolution was adopted : 

Besdved^ That a new edition of the Charter and By-Laws of the 
Society, as revised January, 1858, with the amendments and a list of 
Resident Members, be printed under the direction of the Recording 
Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian. 

Extract from the Minutes. 

By transfer GEORGE H. MOORE, 

Secretary. 

OCT 25 191. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1875. 



PRESIDENT, 

FEEDERIC DE PEYSTER, LL.D. 

FIRST VICE-PKESIDENT, 

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, LL.D. 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, 

JAMES W. BEEKMAN. 

FOREIGN CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 

WILLIAM J. HOPPIN. 

DOMESTIC CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 

EVERT A. DUYCKINCK. 

RECORDING SECRETARY, 

ANDREW WARNER. 

TREASURER, 

BENJAMIN H. FIELD. 

LIBRARIAN, 

GEORGE HENRY MOORE, LL.D. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



FIRST CLASS — FOR ONE YEAR, ENDING 1876. 

EVERT A. DUYCKIXCK, JAMES WILLIAM BEEKMAN, 

JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS. 



SECOND CLASS— FOR TWO YEARS, ENDING 1877. 

SAMUEL OSGOOD. D.D., WILLIAM R. MARTIN, 

CHARLES P. KIRKLAND, LL.D. 

THIRD CLASS— FOR THREE YEARS, ENDING 1878. 

EDWARD F. DE LANCEY, HENRY DRISLER, LL.D., 

JAaiES H. TITUS. 

FOURTH CLASS — FOR FOUR YEARS, ENDING 1879. 

JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON, ERASTUS C. BENEDICT, LL.D., 

ROBERT LENOX KENNEDY. 

CHARLES P. KIRKLAND, LL.D., Chairman. 
GEORGE H. MOORE, LL.D., Secretary. 

[The President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian are 
members, ex-officio, of the Executive Committee.] 



COMMITTEE ON THE FINE AETS. 

A. B. DURAND, JOHN A. WEEKS. 

ANDREW WARNER, EDWARD SATTERLEE, 

WILLIAM J. HOPPIN, CEPHAS G. THOMPSON. 

WILLIAM J. HOPPIN, Chairman. 
ANDREW WARNER, Secretary. 

[The President, Librarian, and Chairman of the Executive Committee 
are members, ex-officio, of the Committee on the Fine Arts.] 



ORIGINAL ACT OF INCORPOEATIOlSr. 



AN ACT 

To incorjyorate the New-Yorh Historical Society : Passed 
February 10th, 1809. 

"Whereas, the persons hereinafter named, and others, 
have formed themselves into an association under the name 
of " The New- York Historical Society," for the purpose of 
discovering, procuring, and preserving whatever may relate 
to the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of 
the United States in general, and of this State in particular, 
and have presented a petition to the Legislature to be incor- 
porated, that thereby such, the purpose and design of the 
said Society, may be the more effectually subserved and 
promoted ; 

Therefore, 

1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New 
York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That Egbert 
Benson, Brockholst Livingston, Benjamin Moore, Samuel 
Miller, William Johnson, Samuel L. Mitchell, David 
Hosack, John M. Mason, DeWitt Clinton, John McKes- 
son, Anthony Bleecker, Charles Wilkes, John Pintard, 
and John_ Forbes, and their associates, who now are, and 
such other persons as shall hereafter become members 
of the said Society, shall be, and are hereby ordained, con- 
stituted and declared a body corporate and ]3olitic, in fact 



6 ORIGINAL CHARTER OF THE 

and name, by tlie name of "Tlie New-York Historical 
Society," and that by siicli name they and their successors 
forever hereafter shall and may have sifccession, and by the 
same name be capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and 
be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be 
defended, in all courts of law and equity, in all manner of 
actions, suits, complaints, and matters whatsoever ; and 
that they and their successors may ha^e a common seal, 
and the same break, alter, change, and renew at their pleas- 
ure, and by the same shall be forever hereafter capable in 
the law to purchase, take, hold, receive, and enjoy, to them 
and their successors, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, 
goods, chattels or estate, real or personal, of whatever 
nature or quality in fee simple, for life or lives, or for years, 
or in any other manner whatsoever : Provided always^ that 
the yearly income or value of the said real or personal 
estate, do not at any time exceed the sum of fifteen hun- 
dred dollars, current money of the State of !New-York. 

2. And it is hekeby fukthee enacted, That they and 
their successors by the same name, shall have power and 
authprity to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release, and 
convey to others the whole or any part of such real or per- 
sonal estate on such terms, and in such manner and form as 
the said Society may deem eligible to subserve and promote 
such, the purpose and design of the said Society, and that 
they and their successors shall have power, from time to 
time, to abolish any of the oflSces or appointments herein- 
after mentioned, and create others in their room, with 
such powers and duties as they may think fit to confer and 
l^rescribe, and shall have power from time to time to make, 
constitute, ordain, and establish such constitutions, by-laws, 
ordinances and regulations as they shall judge proper for the 
election of ofl&cers, the election and admission of new mem- 
bers, for the government and regulation of the ofiEicers and 
members, for fixing the times and places of the meetings of 
the said corporation, and for conducting, regulating, and 
managing all the afifairs and business of the said corpora- 
tion, and the same from time to time to alter, change, re- 



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peal, revoke, and annul at tlieir pleasure ; and tliat the 
constitution and by-laws, rules and regulations of the said 
Society heretofore hiade and adopted, and now existing, 
shall and may remain in force until altered or repealed by 
the said corporation : Provided^ that such by-laws, constitu- 
tions and regulations made or to be made by the said cor- 
poration shall not be repugnant to the constitution and 
laws of the United States or of this State. 

3. And be it further enacted. That the officers of the 
said Society, until otherwise ordained by the said coi-pora- 
tion, shall consist of one President, two Yice-Presidents, a 
Correspondent Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasur- 
er, a Librarian, and standing Committee of seven members, 
and that until the next annual meeting of the said Society, 
and until others shall be chosen in their places, the present 
officers and committees last appointed by the said Society, 
shall be and continue respectively the officers of the said 
corporation, 

4. And be it further enacted, Tliat this act shall be 
and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be con- 
strued most favorably to subserve and promote such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, and that no mis- 
nomer of the said corporation, in any deed, will, testament, 
gift, grant, demise, or otlier instrument of contract or con- 
veyance, shall vitiate or defeat the same. Provided the said 
corporation shall be sufficiently described to show the inten- 
tion of the parties. 

5. And be it further enacted. That this act shall be 
and remain in full force for the term of fifteen years : Pro- 
vided^ nevertheless^ that in case the aforesaid Society shall 
at any time appropriate their, or any part of their funds to 
any purpose or purposes other than those contemplated by 
this act, and shall be thereof convicted by due course of 
law, that thenceforth the said corporation shall cease and 
determine, and the estate, real and personal, whereof it may 
be seized and possessed, shall vest in the people of this 
State. 



REVIVAL 



ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



AN ACT 

For renewing and continuing in force an Act entitled, " an 
Act to incorporate the New- York Historical Society. ^^ 
Passed February 10, 1809. Passed February 10, 1826._, 

1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New 
York, kepeesented in Senate and Assembly, That the 
act entitled, " an Act to incorporate the New- York Histori- 
cal Society," passed February 10, 1809, shall be and the 
same is hereby revived and extended and continued in force 
until the tenth day of February, which will be in the year 
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine : 
And the said act shall be taken and considered to have 
been in full force and effect, since the time of the passing 
thereof, in the same manner as if the same had not expired 
by its own limitation. 

2. And be it further enacted. That the officers last ap- 
pointed by the said Society or Corporation, pursuant to the 
provisions of the said act shall be, and continue to be, officers 
of the said Corporation, till others shall be duly chosen in 
their respective places : And the estate and property which 
the said Society or Corporation may have legally acquired, 
or which they may legally hold, pursuant to the said act, 
they may continue to hold, and may convey and dispose of 
the same, in the same manner as if the said act had always 
continued in full force and effect. 



EEVIYAL AND AMENDMENT 



ACT OF INCOKPORATIOX. 



AN ACT 

To revive and continue in force an Act entitled, " an Act to 
incorporate the New- Yorlc Historical Society,''^ Passed 
February 10, 1809, and to amend the same. Passed 
February 2, 1816. By a two-tldrd vote. 

The People of the State of New- York, represented in 
Senate and Asseimblt, do enact as follows : 

1. Tlie Act entitled, " an Act to incorporate the Xew- 
York Historical Society," Passed February lOtli, 1809, is 
hereby revived and continued in force. 

2. Tlie said act so revived and continued in force, 
is hereby amended by striking out at the end of the first 
section thereof the words, " Provided always that the 
yearly income, or value of the said real or personal es- 
tate, do not at any time exceed the sum of fifteen hundred 
dollars, current money of the State of New- York ; " and 
inserting in the place thereof the words : " but the clear 
yearly income of the said real and personal estate, over 
and above the Library and collections of the said Society, 
shall not at any time exceed the sum of ten thousand 
dollars." 

3. Tlie said revived act is hereby further amended, by 
striking out in the fifth lino of the third section thereof the 
words, " K. Correspondent Secretary," and inserting in the 



10 REVIVAL AND AMENDMENT. 

place thereof tlie words, " a foreign corresponding secre- 
tary, and domestic corresponding secretary." 

4. Tlie said revived act is hereby further amended, by 
striking out in the first part of the fifth section thereof the 
words, " That this act shall be and remain in full force for 
the term of fifteen years : provided nevertheless." 

5. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this 
act. 

6. This act shall take effect immediately. 



THE CHARTER. 



Tlie Charter of the Isfexo- Yorh Historical Society^ as revived^ 
continued in force and amended^ February 2fZ, 1846, 

TVnEEEAS tlie persons liereinafter named, and others, 
have formed themselves into an Association under the name 
of "■ The !N"ew-York Historical Society," for the purpose of 
discovering, procuring, and preserving whatever may relate 
to the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of 
the United States in general, and of this State in particular, 
and have presented a petition to the Legislature to be incor- 
porated, that thereby such, the purpose and design of the 
said Society, may be the more effectually subserved and 
promoted ; 

Therefore, 

§ I. Be it enacted by the People of the State op 
'ISTew York, represented in the Senate and Assembly, 
That Egbert Benson, Brockholst Livingston, Benjamin 
Moore, Samuel Miller, "William Johnson, Samuel L, Mit- 
chell, David Hosack, John M. Mason, DeWitt Clinton, 
John McKesson, Anthony Bleecker, Charles "Wilkes, John 
Pintard, and John Forbes, and their associates, "vvlio now 
are, and such other persons as shall hereafter become mem- 
bers of the said Society, sliall be, and are hereby ordained, 
constituted, and declared a body coii^orate and politic, in 
fact and name, by the name of " The Xew-York Historical 
Society," and that by such name they and their snccessors 
forever hereafter shall and may have succession, and by the 



12 CHARTER OF THE 

same name be capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and 
be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be 
defended, in all courts of law and equity, in all manner of 
actions, suits, complaints, and matters wliatsoever ; and 
that tliey and their successors may have a common seal, 
and the same break, alter, change, and renew at their pleas- 
ure, and by the same be forever hereafter capable in the 
law to purchase, take, hold, receive, and enjoy, to them and 
their successors, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, 
chattels or estate, real and personal, of whatever nature or 
quality, in fee simple, for life or lives, or for years, or in 
any other manner whatsoever ; but the clear yearly income 
of the said real and personal estate, over and above the 
Library and collections of the said Society, shall not at any 
time exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. 

§ II. And it is heeeby further enacted, Tliat they and 
their successors, by the same name, shall have power and 
authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release, and 
convey to others, the whole or any part of such real or per- 
sonal estate, on such terms, and in such manner and form 
as the said Society may deem eligible to subserve and pro- 
mote such, the purpose and design of the said Society ; and 
tliat they and their successors shall have power, from time 
to time, to abolish any of the offices or appointments here- 
inafter mentioned, and create others in their room, with 
such powers and duties as they may think fit to confer and 
j^rescribe, and shall have power from time to time to make, 
constitute, ordain and establish such constitutions, by-laws, 
ordinances, and regulations as they shall judge proper for 
the election of officers, the election and admission of new 
members, for the government and regulation of the officers 
and members, for fixing the times and places of the meet- 
ings of the said corporation, and for conducting, regulating, 
and managing all the affairs and business of the said corpo- 
ration ; and the same from time to time to alter, change, 
repeal, revoke, and annul at their pleasure ; and that the 
constitution and by-laws, rules and regulations of the said 
Society heretofore made and adopted, and now existing, 



NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I3 

sliall and may remain in force until altered or repealed by 
the said corporation : provided that such by-laws, constitu- 
tions and regulations, made or to be made by the said cor- 
poration, shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws 
of the United States, or of this State. 

§ III. And be it further enacted, tbat the officers of 
the said Society, until otherwise ordained by the said corpo- 
ration, shall consist of one President, two Vice-Presidents, 
a Foreign Corresponding Secretary, a Domestic Correspond- 
ing Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, a Libra- 
rian, and standing Committee of seven members ; and that 
until the next annual meeting of the said Society, and until 
others shall be chosen in their places, the present officers 
and committees last appointed by the said Society shall be 
and continue respectively the officers of the said corpo- 
ration. 

§ lY. And be it further enacted, that this act shall be 
and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be con- 
strued most favorably to subserve and pron'ote such, the pur- 
pose and design of the said Society, and that no misnomer 
of the said corporation, in any deed, will, testament, gift, 
grant, demise, or other instrument of contract or conveyance, 
shall vitiate or defeat the same : provided the said corpo- 
ration shall be sufficiently described to show the intention 
of the parties. 

§ Y. And be it further enacted, that in case the afore- 
said Society shall at any time appropriate their, or any part 
of their funds to any purpose or purposes, other than those 
contemplated by this act, and shall be thereof convicted by 
due course of law, that thenceforth the said corporation 
shall cease and determine, and the estate, real and personal, 
whereof it may be seized and possessed, shall vest in the 
people of this State. 

§ YI. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal 
this act. 

§ YIL This act shall tahe effect immediately. 



ACT OF EXEMPTION. 



An Act to exem.pt the Libranj edifice and site of the New^ 
York Historical Society from sale imder execution. 
Passed April 12, 1856. 

The People of the State of New-Yoek, kepeesen'TED 
IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

§ 1. In case the " New- York Historical Society," in tlie 
City of New- York, shall by voluntary contributions of its 
members and others, raise sufficient money for the purchase 
of a site in the City of New- York, and the erection thereon 
of a suitable fire-proof building for the reception and pres- 
ervation of tlie library and collections, and for the general 
uses of said Society, and shall appropriate said moneys 
for such purpose, then such site and the building which 
may be erected thereon, shall be exempt from sale on exe- 
cution for debts hereafter contracted by said Society, so 
long as such site shall be used by such Society ; but such 
exemption shall not extend to any debt contracted for the 
erection of such building. 

§ 2. The said New- York Historical Society shall not 
encumber said property by mortgage or otherwise. 

§ 3. To entitle any property to the exemption specified 
in this Act, the said Society shall execute a declaration of 
the uses of said property, with a particular description of 
the same, which shall be recorded in the office of the regis- 
ter of the City and County of New-York ; but no property 



ACT OF EXEMPTION. 15 

shall, by virtue of tliis act, be exemj)t from sale for non-pay- 
ment of taxes and assessments, or for debt contracted for 
the purchase thereof, or prior to the recording of the afore- 
said declaration. 

§ 4, This act shall take effect immediately. 



BY-LAWS. 



NAME. 



I. The name of this Society is, "The Is"Ew-roRK 
HisTOKicAi. Society." 

OBJECT. 

II. The object of the Society is to discover, procure, and 
preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary 
and ecclesiastical history of the United States in general,' 
and of the State of New York in particular. 

MEMBERS. 

III. [Amended April 2, 1867.] The Society shall con- 
sist of Eesident, Corresponding, and Honorary Members. 
Eesident Members shall be persons residing in the City of 
New- York or its vicinity. Honorary Members may be 
persons residing in the City of Kew-York or elsewhere; 
and not more than twelve Honorary Members shall be 
elected in any one year. Corresponding Members shall be 
persons residing out of the City of New- York. 

ELECTION OF MEMBERS, 

IV. Members shall be elected as follows: The candidates 
shall be proposed publicly at a meeting of the Society by a 
member thereof; and the nominations, together with the 
name of the member making them, shall be entered on the 
mmutes, and be referred to the Executive Committee. The 
Reports of that Committee recommending candidates for 
election, shall be openly read to the Society, at a meeting 
subsequent to that at which the nominations were made ; 
and if any member demand a ballot, the election shall be 
by ballot, and three black balls shall exclude. If no ballot 



BY-LAWS. 17 

be demanded, the candidates, so recommended, shall be 
declared duly elected memljers of the Society. 

FEES AND DUES. 

Y. [Amended April 2, 18G7.] From and after the first 
day of January, 1868, each Eesident Member shall, on ad- 
mission, pay Twenty Dollars as an initiation fee and dues 
for the current year ; and annually thereafter. Ten Dollars 
as dues ; or, in lieu thereof, a Life Membership fee of One 
Hundred Dollars, as a commutation for all regular dues and 
fees. Should any resident member, other than a life mem- 
ber, fail to pay the said fees and dues for two years succes- 
sively, or at any time refuse to pay the same, the Executive 
Committee shall erase his name fi-om the list of members, 
and he shall no longer be a member of the Society. 

OFFICERS. 

YI. [Amended November 5, 1867.] The Officers of the 
Society are — a President, a First Yice-President, a Second 
Yice-President, a Foreign Corresponding Secretary, a Do- 
mestic Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a 
Treasurer, and a Librarian. 

They shall be elected annually by ballot, and shall hold 
their offices respectively for one year, and until others shall 
be chosen in their places. 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE. 

The first seven persons in order of seniority on the list 
of Resident Members of the Society, excepting those wlio 
hold office at the time, shall constitute a Committee, to be 
known as the Nominating Committee, who shall report in 
writing, at each December meeting, the names of membera 
suitable to be elected as officers ; and they shall cause ballots 
to be prepared for the annual meeting, containing the name 
and office for which each is thus recommended. 

The Recording Secretary shall, between the first and 
tenth days of November in each year, notify such persona 
that they constitute said Committee. Should any fail to 
signify his acceptance in writing by the 15th day of Novem- 



18 BY-LAWS. 

ber, the member or members next in order of seniority on 
the list of Resident Members shall be substituted, until the 
number of the Committee be complete. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

YII. [Amended January Y, 1808.] The President, Ee. 
cording Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian, together with 
twelve other members to be appointed by the President, and 
of whom one-foui-th shall be appointed every year, shall 
constitute a standing Committee, to be called " The Execu- 
tive Committee." 

COMMITTEE ON THE FINE ARTS. 

YIII. The President, Librarian, and Chairman of the 
Executive Committee, together with six other members, to 
l:>e appointed annually by the President, shall constitute a 
standing Committee, to be called " The Committee on the 
Fine Arts." 

ANNUAL MEETING. 

IX. The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the 
first Tuesday of January in each and every year hereafter, 
at which a general election of officers by ballot shall take 
place. In such election, a majority of the ballots given for 
any officer shall constitute a choice ; but if, on the first 
ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then a further 
balloting shall take place, in which a plurality of votes 
given for any officer shall determine the choice. 

Whenever the first Tuesday of January shall be the first 
day of January, the annual meeting above provided for 
shall be held on the Wednesday next following. 

VACANCIES. 

X. If a vacancy shall happen in any of the offices of 
the Society, it may be filled ■ by special election, at a stated 
meeting of the Societj^ ; and the person so elected to fill a 
vacancy, shall hold his office for the unexpired term of his 
immediate predecessor in office, and until another shall bo 
elected in his place. Yacancies in Committees shall be 



BY-LA AVS. 3 9 

filled immediately on their occnrrenee, and in tlie manned 
of the original appointment of the Committee. 



STATED AND SPECIAL MEETIXGS. 

XI. The Society shall meet statedly for the transaction 
of business at its Library, on tlie first Tuesday in every 
nionth, unless olj^ierwise specially ordered. But the Presi- 
dent, or, in his absence, either of the Yice-Presidents, may, 
and upon the written request of any five members, shall 
call a special meeting, giving three days' notice thereof, to 
be published in at least t^vo public newspapers, printed in 
the City of Xew York. 



ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

XII. At the stated meetings of the Society, the follow- 
hig shall be the order of business : 

1. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 

S.' lieports and communications ' from officers of the 
Society. 

3. Reports of the Executive and other standing Com- 
mittees. 

4. Reports of special Committees. 

5. Election of members previously proposed. 

6. Nomination of new members, 

1. Papers read, and addresses delivered, before the So- 
ciety. 

8. Miscellaneous business. 



AKXIVERSART. 

XIIT. On the third Tuesday of Xovember in each year, 
being the anniversary of the founding of the Society, there 
shall be an address delivered before the Society by the 
President, or some other person to be a^Dpointed for that 
purpose by the Executive Committee. 



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QUORUM. 

XIY. At all meetings of the Society, twenty-one mem- 
bers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
ness. 

PRESIDING OFFICER. 

XY. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Yice- 
Presidents, or, in their absence, a Chairm'an pro tempore, 
shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and. shall have 
a easting vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide 
all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society. 
He shall also appoint all Committees authorized by the So- 
ciety, unless otherwise specially ordered. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 

XYI. The Corresponding Secretaries shall conduct the 
general correspondence of the Society. They shall, at 
every meeting of the Society, report such letters and com- 
munications as they may have received ; they shall prepare 
all letters to be written in connection with the business or 
objects of the Society, and transmit the same ; but the So- 
ciety may appoint a Committee to prepare a letter or letters, 
on any special occasion. They shall notify all members of 
their election, and of such other matters as they shall be 
directed by the Society ; and shall transmit to them their 
proper diplomas, or certificates of membership. They shall 
keep, in suitable books to be provided for that pui-pose, 
true copies of all letters written on behalf of the Society ; 
and shall carefully preserve said copies and the originals of 
all letters and communications received, and shall deposit 
the same in the Library. 

The duties of the Foreign Corresponding Secretary shall 
be limited to the correspondence with individuals or associ- 
ate bodies in foreign countries ; and those of the Domestic 
Corresponding Secretary shall, in like manner, be confinea 
to the United States, except that, in the absence of either 
of these officers, or during a vacancy in either office, its 



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duties shall be performed bj the remaining incumbent, 
until such absence shall terminate, or the vacancy be sup- 
plied, 

EECORDING SECRETARY. 

XYII. The Recording Secretary shall have the charge 
of the Seal, Charter, By-Laws, and Records of the Society. 
He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify all acts 
of the Society. He shall, under the direction of the Presi- 
dent, or either of the Yice-Presidents, give due notice of 
the time and place of all meetings of the Society, and attend 
the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all 
the proceedings and orders of the Society ; and shall give 
notice to the several officers, and to the Executive and 
other Committees, of all votes, orders, resolves, and pro- 
ceedings of the Society, affecting them or appertaining to 
their respective duties. 

TREASURER. 

XYin. The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds 
and securities of the Society ; and so often as these funds 
shall amount to one hundred dollars, they shall be deposited 
in some Bank in this City to the credit of " The New- York 
Historical Society," and shall be drawn thence on the check 
of the Treasurer, for the purposes of the Society only. Out 
of these funds, he shall pay such sums only as may be or- 
dered by the Society, or by the Executive Committee. Hfe 
shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments ; 
and, at each annual meeting, render the same to the Society, 
when a Committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. 

XIX. If from the annual report of the Treasurer there 
shall appear to be a balance against the Treasury, no ap- 
propriation of money shall be made for any object but the 
necessary current expenses of the Society, until such bal- 
ance shall be paid. 

LIBRARIAN. 

XX. The Librarian, in connection with the Executive 
Committee, and the Committee on the Fine Arts, shall have 



22 BY-LAWS. 

tlie cliarge and superintendence of the Library, and the care 
and arrangement of the books, manuscripts, and other arti- 
cles belonging to the Society. He shall cause to be pre- 
pared and kept, a proper catalogue and list of the same. 
He shall acknowledge the receipt of donations to the Society 
in his department. He shall expend in the purchase, of 
books and other articles, and for their safe keeping and 
preservation, with the approbation of the said Committees, 
such sums of money as shall from time to time be appro- 
priated for that purpose, and report thereon to the Society. 
He shall, at least once in each year, render his accounts for 
such purchases and expenditures, to the Treasurer for settle- 
ment, and shall further make to the Society, at each annual 
meeting, a full report on'the condition and progress of the 
Library and collections. He shall have power to employ, 
at a salary to be fixed by the Executive Committee, an 
Assistant Librarian, who shall be under his direction, and 
perform such duties as he may assign ; and who, during the 
hours at which the Library is open, shall be always present. 

LIBRARY EEGULATIOXS. 

XXL The following shall be the regulations for the use 
of the Library : 

1. 1^0 book or manuscript shall at any time be lent to 

any person to be removed from the Library. 

2. Xo Manuscript in the Library, nor any paper read 

before the Society and deposited in its archives, 
shall be published, except by the direction of the 
Society, or w^ith the consent of the Executive 
Committee. 

3. The hours during which the Library shall be open, 

shall be determined, from time to time, by the Ex- 
ecutive Committee. 

4. During such hours, any member of the Society may 

have free access to consult any book or manuscript, 
except such as may be designated by the Execu^ 
tive Committee, and to make extracts from the 
same under the authority of the Librarian. Any 



BY-LAWS. 



23 



person, not a member, may obtain tlic like privi- 
lege of consultation from the President or Libra- 
rian, if known to them, or upon the recommenda- 
tion of some other member, to whom the applicant 
is known. But no person, not a member, shall be 
permitted to make extracts from the manuscripts 
of the Society, excepting the donors or depositors 
of the same, without special authority from the 
Executive Committee. 
5. It shall be the duty of the Librarian, or his Assistant, 
to report to the Executive Committee any injury 
done to any book or manuscript by any person 
consulting the same ; and the said Committee may, 
at their discretion, lay such Eeports before the 
Society. For an}^ such injury, the person doing it 
shall make such pecuniary compensation as the 
said Committee shall judge proper ; and if he be 
not a member, the Committee shall have power 
to prohibit him from further access to the Library. 

EXECUTI\'E COMMITTEE. 

XXII. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee 
to solicit and receive donations for the Society ; to recom- 
mend plans for promoting its objects ; to digest and j^repare 
business ; to authorize the disbursement and expenditure of 
unappropriated moneys in the Treasury, for the payment of 
salaries, current expenses, fitting up the Library, the ordi- 
nary purchase of books, binding, printing, and other neces- 
sary outlays. They shall have power to appoint a Janitor 
and Porter ; and to prescribe their duties, and fix their 
salaries. They shall, in connection with the Librarian, have 
charge of the arrangement and regulation of the Library 
and collections ; and shall have authority at any •:ime to 
examine into the condition of the same, and into the state 
of the finances ; as also generally to superintend th.e iutcr- 
csTS of the Society, and execute all such duties as may from 
time to time be committed to them by the Society. x\t each 



24r BY-LAWS. 

annual meeting of the Society, tliey sliall make a general 
report. Except during the summer vacation of the Society, 
they shall meet statedly for the transaction of business, 
once at least, in every month ; and if any member of the 
Committee, not an officer of the Society, shall be absent 
from its meetings for three successive months, without 
reasons therefor satisfactory to the Committee, his place on 
the Committee shall be vacated, which fact shall be reported 
by the Committee to the Society. 

At all meetings of the Executive Committee, five mem- 
bers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
ness. 

COMMITTEE ON THE FINE ARTS. 

XXin. The Committee on the Fine Arts shall have the 
arrangement and general direction of the Society's Gallery 
of Art. They shall decide upon the admission into the 
Gallery of objects of art, and determine their position 
therein. They shall, subject to the approval of the Society, 
make such special rules and regulations in regard to the 
Gallery, as they may think necessary for its preservation, 
proper use, and enjoyment ; and shall devise and present 
plans for its extension and improvement. 

NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON COMMITTEES. 

XXIY. All Committees of the Society, other than the 
Executive Committee, the Committee on the Fine Arts, and 
Nominating Committee, shall be composed of three mem- 
bers, unless otherwise specially ordex'ed. 

ALTERATION OF BY-LAWS. 

XXY. No alteration in the By-Laws of the Society shall 
be made, unless such alteration shall have been openly pro- 
posed at a previous meeting, and entered on the minutes, 
with the name of the member proposing the same ; and 
shall be adopted by a majority of the members present at a 
stated meeting of the Society. 



RESIDEE'T MEMBERS 



OF THE 



NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

MAT. 1875. 



EESIDENT MEMBERS. 



fAstor, William B., 1S21 

Adams, William, D.D., 1844 

fAlsop, Joseph W., 1847 

•j-Agnew, John T. , 1847 

Appleton, William H., 1850 

f Appletoa, John A. , 1850 

f Anderson, Elbert J., 1850 

f Adee, George T., 1850' 

f Anderson, Hemy J. , 1851 

f Addoms, Charles, 1853 

fAgnew, Alex. McL., 1858 
Anthon, Prof. Chas. Edw., 1853 

■Anderson, James, M.D. , 1854 

•■Abeel. John H., 1854 

■ Appleby, Charles E. , 1857 

• Andrews, William L. , 1857 

• Andrews, James B. , 1857 
••Adee, George Augustus, 1857 
■•Adee. Philip H., 1857 
fAuchincloss, Hugh, 1857 
•Arnold. D. H., 1857 
Austin, William, 1857 
Adams, John G., M.D., 1857 
Adams, William, 1857 
fAlofsen, S., 1858 
•f Allen, William M., 1859 
Arnold, Benjamin G. , 1861 
f Atterbury, Benjamin B., 1801 
Ammidown, Edward H., 18f>2 
Aycrigg, Benjamin B., 1862 
Agnew, Andrew G., 1863 
Acton, Thomas C, 1864 
fAckert, Alfred T., 1865 
f Anderson, E. Ellei-y, 1865 
Anthony, Edward, 1865 
Allen, William F., 1865 
Anthon, Rev. Edward, 1866 
Andrews, William D., 1869 
Andrews, George H., 1869 
Ammidown, Holmes, 1869 
f Arnold, John H. V., 1869 
Armstrong, Andrew C., 1870 
Alexander, John Franklin 1871 
Allen, ElishaH., jr., 1871 
At water, James C. , 1873 
Atwood, Noah L., 1873 
Albert, Halpem, 1874 
Audreu, Antonio, 1874 



Agnew, Cornelius R., M.D. , 1875 

Betts, William 1833 

Butler, Charles, 1837 

fBarron, Thomas, 1838 

fBeekman, James W. 1838 

{Benedict, Erastus C. , 1841 

IBrevoort, J. Carson, 1844 

fBrown, James, 1844 

JBartlett, Edwin, 1844 

•Brown, Stewart, 1845 

•Barnard, Frederick A. P., 1846 

•Bowne, Richard H., 1847 

•Burr, William H., 184S 

•Brown, EliasG., 1848 

•Bruen, Alexander M., 1849 

•Bridge, John, 1850 

•Belmont, Augiiste, 1850 

•Brown, Robert I., 1851 

•Bushnell, Charles I., 1851 

fBrown, Horatio S., 1852 

•Barratt, Alfred, 1853 

•Blunt, Edmund, 1852 

■Blunt, George W., 1852 

•Bogert, Henry K., 1852 

•Brown, John Potts, 1852 

•Bolles, William B., 1852 

•Blodgett, Wdliam T., 1852 

•Burnhara, Gordon W., 1853 

•Brown, Stuart H., 1853 

•Brown, William H. , 1853 

•Beadle, Edward L., M.D., 1854 

• Brown, Edwin J. , 1854 

fBoorman, J. Marcus, 1854 

Botta, Prof. Vincenzio, 1854 

fBabcock, Seth G., 1855 

•f BurrUl, John E. , 1855 

JBalen, Peter, 1856 

JBenkard, Henry R., 1857 

fBenkard, James, jr. , 1S57 

f Belmont, Perry, 1857 

f Burr, Henry A., 1857 

■f Barnes. James, 1857 

+Boyd, Robert H., 1857 

fBeebe, Charles E., 1857 

•fBates, Martin, jr., 1857 

•f Barber, Benoui B., 1857 

JBelcher, Henry W., 1857 



28 



EESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE 



f Brooks, Henry J. , 1857 

■f-Brooks, George, 1857 

f Barton, Oliver Grant, 1857 

f Butler, Henry v., 1857 

fBuffum, David, 1857 

|-Bradley, JohnN., 1857 

JBowen, H. C, 1857 

fBliss, George, 1857 

Brownell, Silas B., 1857 

fBoutillier, Thomas Le, 1857 

JBetts, George W., 1857 
Barker, B. Fordyce, M.D., 1858 

Buxton, Vanderbilt L., 1858 

fBrooks, Erastus, 1858 

f Bullard, Enoch P. , 1858 

fBenson, Robert, 1858 

Bickford, Addison G., 1858 

Baker, David L., 1859 

Brodhead, George H., 1860 

Buell, James, 1860 

Bergen, Ruf us S., 1860 

Bryson, Peter M., 1860 

Bunce, Seymour A., 1861 

Buckle}', John, jr., 1861 

Braine, Thomas M., 1861 

Barlow, Samuel L. M., 1861 

Belcher, George E., M.D., 1862 

Bridgmau, William H. , 1862 

fBloomfield, Smith, 1862 

Brown, Erastus S., 1862 

Britton, John W., 1863 

Bryce, James, 1863 

Brown, Morris S., 1863 

Burkhaltet, Charles, 1863 

Beekmau. William B., 1863 

Brookes, Alfred, 1863 

Bloodgood, Matthias, 1863 

Brown, Addison, 1863 
Blakeman, Wm. N., M.D., 1863 

f Baker, Henry J. , 1863 

fBraker, Conrad, jr., 1863 

Byrne, John E., 1863 

fBenedict, James, 1864 

Bryce, William, 1864 

fBarron, John C, M.D., 1864 

Barrow, John W., 1864 

Bill, Edward, 1864 

Bogardus, Abraham, 1865 

Braem, Henri M., 1865 

■f-Bird, William E., 1865 

■f Banks, Samuel A1, 1865 

Banta, Mathias, 1865 

Brown, Joseph O., 1866 

fBostwick, Henry A., 1866 

Bowdoin, Elliot, 1866 

f Bishop, Thomas Alston, 1866 

iBishop, David Wolfe, 1866 

f Bruce, David Wolfe, 1866 

•(•Benedict, Erastus C, jr., 1867 



f Beardslee, Ruf us G. , 


1867 


Burd, Charles E., 


1867 


Burdett, Charles P., . 


1867 


Borden, Col. William, 


1867 


Bissell, George H. , 


1867 


Bozeman, Nathan, M.D., 


1867 


Browne, Henry H. , 


1867 


Beardsley, Joseph A., 


1868 


Black, William D. , 


1888 


Bookstaver, Henry W., 


1869 


Brower, A. Thew. H., 


.1869 


Bliven, Charles, 


1869 


Borden, Matthew C. D., 


1869 


fBickmore, Albert S., 


1869 


Baker, Francis, 


1869 


Blatchford, Samuel, 


1871 


Black, William T., 


1871 


f Bishop, Cortlandt Field, 


1871 


Binney, Amos, 


1871 


f Bruce, Catherine Wolfe, 


1871 


fBruce, Matilda Wolfe, 


1871 


Bailey, James Muhlenburg, 


1871 


f Baldwin, Octavius D. , 


1873 


Brouson, Willett, 


1872 


Brooks, John I., 


1872 


fBibby, Edward N., M.D., 


1872 


Briggs, James H. , 


1873 


Brown, John Crosby, 


1873 


Bend, George H. , 


1873 


Brown, William Henry, 


1873 


Booth, Otis W., 


1873 


fBoyd, George William, 


1873 


fBronson, Frederick, 


1873 


Barry, Robert A., M.D., 


1873 


Butterworth, William H. 


1874 


Beekman, Henry R., 


1874 


Balen, Abraham D., 


1874 


Buckley, William F., 


1874 


Bailey, Peter A. , 


1874 


Bigelow, John W., 


1874 


Bartow, Morey H., 


1874 


fBrodhead, Eugenia, 


1874 


Bjerring, Rev. Nicholas, 


1874 


Beekman, Gerard, 


1875 


fBishop, David Wolfe, jr.. 


1875 


fBrown, Egerton, 


1875 


Banks, James L. , M.D., 


1875 


Brown, Edward F. , 


1875 


fCooley, James E., 


1844 


f Crosby, John P., 


1845 


f Cruger, Henry D. , 


1845 


f Cromwell, Charles T., 


1847 


•Clapp, Stillraan S., 


1848 


•Cogswell, William, 


1848 


•Curtiss, Cyrus, 


1850 


•Chamberlain, W. L., 


1850 


f Colles, James, 


1850 


fCooper, Peter, 


1850 



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29 



Cooper Eclvrard, 
Crawford. Edgar M., 
Cisco, John J., 
•Ghaiincey, Rev. P. S., 
•Cobb, James jST. , 

• Coleman, Robert B. , 
fCorlies, Joseph W., jr., 
•Clark, Luther C, 

• Colg-ate, Robert, 
•iCamp, Benjamin F., 
•Carpenter, Edward P., 
•Colg-ate, Samuel, 
•■Clarkson, Matthew, 

• Chanler, J. Winthrop, 
■Colgate, Edward, 
•Clute, John D., 
Colgate, James B., 

f Collins, Charles B., 
Curtis, William E. , 
f Close, Charles H., 
fChapin, E. H., D.D., 
•f Clute, Robert F., 
•fChauncey, Henry, 
•fConstant, Samuel S., 

Chamberlain, Daniel Drew, 

Comstock, Andrew, 

Corse, Israel, 
■Conkling, Theodore H., 

Chauncey, Frederick A., 
•Gary, William F., 
■Cooper, William B., 
Coulter, Samuel 
f Crosby, Howard^ D.D., 
■[elements, James W. C, M.D, 
fCoraell, JohnB., 
Churchill, William E., 
Carville, Charles, 
Crosby, Robert R., 
Crolius, Clarkson, 
Camp, Hugh N., 
•| Conkling, Jonas E., 
Colgate. Charles C. , 
Case, Watson E. , 
Cheesman, Oscar, 
f Comstock, Sjdvester R., 
■(Cooper, Joseph, M., 
Charlier, Prof. Elie, 
f Craig. John S., 
Crerar. John, 
Curtis, Benjamin L., 
Cogswell, William L., 
fCowdin, EUiot C, 
Crane, Jonathan H., 
Cobb, Carlos, 
Cannon, S. Townsend, 
Colbum, George C, 
f Cook, Arthur Peters, 
Cecil, John R., 
Checver, John H., 



1850 


f Catlin, N. W. Stuyvesant, 


1865 


1850 


■f Clerke, William B. , 


1865 


1850 


f Campbell, Henry P., 


1865 


1851 


Cheesman, Timothy M., M.D 


, 1865 


1851 


Connor, John C. , 


1865 


1851 


Camerden, Henry, jr.. 


1865 


1851 


Courtney, Samuel G., 


1805 


1852 


f Clarkson, William, 


1866 


1852 


Clapp, Rev. A. Hunting-ton, 


1866 


1852 


Coulter, Charles M., 


1867 


1852 


Crane, Alexander B., 


3867 


1853 


fCook, George W., 


1867 


1853 


Corey, Edwin F. , 


1867 


1854 


Calvin, Delano C, 


1867 


1854 


fCase, Rufus D., 


1867 


1854 


•fClark, Albert, 


1867 


1855 


Carter, James C, 


1867 


1855 


Cockcroft, William, 


1868 


1855 


Conant, Claudius B., 


1868 


1856 


Conklin, William A. , 


1868 


1856 


Crooks, William B. , < 


1868 


1857 


Cuming, James R., 


1869 


1857 


Cortelyou, L. V., M.D., 


1869 


1857 


Conkling, Col. Frederick A., 


1869 


1857 


Comstock, Cornelius, 


1871 


1857 


Clark, Andrew J., 


1871 


1857 


Conklin, William L., 


1873 


1857 


Congdon, John G., 


1873 


1857 


Cowdrey, Samuel F., 


1873 


1857 


f Crane, Albert, 


1873 


1857 


Cole, Hamilton, 


1874 


1857 


Cole, William A., 


1874 


1857 


Cummins, Thomas A., 


1874 


,1857 


Choate, Wdliam G. , 


1874 


1857 


Clark, Lot Curran, 


1874 


1858 


Cochrane, John W., 


1874 


1858 


Coster, Charles H., 


1874 


1858 






1858 


fDe Peyster, Frederic, 


1824 


1858 


JDuyckinck Evert A., 


1837 


1858 


■Dorr, George B. , 


1838 


1858 


fDwight, Heni-y, jr., 


1843 


1858 


Davies, Henry E. , 


1843 


1858 


fDodge. Robert, 


1844 


1850 


Daly, Charles P., 


1844 


1860 


fDelano, Warren, 


1847 


1861 


[Delano, Franklin H., 


1847 


1861 


f Drowne, Henry T. , 


1847 


1861 


Delavan, Edward C, 


1848 


1861 


f Dudley, Jonas G., 


1849 


1861 


JDe Peyster. Gen. J. Watts, 


1850 


1862 


■(•Drew, Daniel, 


1850 


1862 


Doremus, Prof. Robert Ogden, 


1850 


1863 


De Lancey, Edward F., 


1851 


1863 


fDe Peyster, Frederick J. , 


1853 


1863 


fDodge, Edward, 


ia-)3 


1864 


fDurand, Calvin, 


1853 


1864 


fDodge, William E., jr., 


1853 


1864 


fDickerson, John S., 


1853 



30 



EESroENT ISIEIIBERS OF THE 



De Voe, Col. Thomas F., 

f Davis, Thomas E. , 

Duushee, Henry W., 

f Dubois, Abram, M.D., 

fDart, Russel, 

f Dabuey. Charles H., 

fDart, William M., 

fDibble, William A., 

JDixon, George, jr., 

fDows, David, 

•jDuucan, Alexander, 

f Duncan, William B., 

•(•Dodge, William B., 

Dickerson, Edward N. , 

De Jonge, Isador, 

Dowd, William, 

fDrowne, T. Stafford, D.D., 

Darling, Gen. Charles W. , 

fDornin, William C, 

f Dexter, Henry, 

DwineSe, William H., M.D., 

Dey, Anthony, jr., 

Doty, Roland S., 

Dibble, Sidney W., 

f Davett. James, 

•fDey, Joseph W. S., 

De Peyster, Edgar, 

Dj'mond, John. 

f De Forest, Robert Weeks, 

Davies, Gen. Henry E., jr.. 

Dean, William, 

Diven, Gen. Alexander S . , 

Delavan, Christian S., 

Dennis, Samuel J., 

fDe Peyster, J. Ashton, 

Dudley, Henry, 

Drake, Patrick H., 

f Dash, John B. , 

•fDrisler, Prof. Henry, 

Depew, Chaunoey M. , 

Dayton, Isaac, 

f Dodge, Anson G. P., 

JDurando, Francis P., 

fDelmonico, Lorenzo, 

•fDunster, Edward S., M.D., 

Dobbs, Charles G., 

De Jan on, Louis L., 

De Forest, Henry G . , 

Duryee, Gen. Abram, 

Davison, Charles A., 

Durr, Louis, 

fDwight, James F., 

Deaue, John H., 

fDelafield. Maturin L., 

JDavis, Alexander J. , 

Douglass, Andrew E., 

Develin, John E. , 

Eaton, Dorman B. , 



1853 


•Edgerton, Lycurgus, 
■ Evarts, William M. , 


1852 


1854 


1853 


1854 


■f Elliott, Frederick B., 


1857 


1855 


•f-Ely, Ambrose K. , 


1857 


1855 


JEverson, George, 


1857 


1857 


Eager, William B., jr., M.D., 


1858 


1857 


Embury, Abraham B., 


1860 


1857 


Emmet, Thomas Addis, M.D., 


1864 


1857 


Eyland, George C, 


1865 


1857 


fEliot Ellsworth, M.D., 


1865 


1857 


Elmer, William, KD., 


1868 


1857 


Emott, James, 


1871 


1857 


Embury, Aymar, 


1873 


1857 


Ely, David J. , 


1873 


1857 






1858 


f Fellows, Richard S., 


1843 


1859 


f Field, Benjamin H., 


1844 


1863 


JField, HicksonW., 


1844 


1862 


•f Fowler, Frederick R., 


1850 


1862 


•f Fearing, Charles N., 


1850 


1862 


JField, Cortlandt de Peyster, 


1850 


1863 


fFoster, J. P. Giraud, 


1853 


1863 


f Fellows, Richard C. , 


1853 


1864 


•|Frazer, James F., 


1853 


1865 


fFiedler, Edward, 


1853 


1865 


Foulke, Thomas, 


1853 


1865 


fFrenche, James, 


1853 


1865 


Fanning, John H. , 


1854 


1866 


fFrancis, Samuel W., M.D., 


1857 


1866 


•fPaUe, Thomas H , 


1857 


1866 


JFrost, Samuel, 


1857 


1866 


■fPrazer, Thomas, ' 


1857 


1866 


fFayerweather, D. B., 


1857 


1867 


■f Freeman, Alfred, 


1857 


1867 


f Field. Moses Augustus, 


1857 


1868 


■fFrancis, Valentine Mott, M.D 


.,1858 


1868 


Fitch, John, 


1858 


1869 


Fellows, George A. , 


1858 


1869 


fFoIsom, George W., 


1858 


1869 


■j-Feeter. Jacob W. , 


1858 


1870 


Flagg, Thomas J., 


1858 


1870 


fFish, Hamilton, 


1859 


1870 


Fellows, Charles H., 


1860 


1870 


Frankcnheimer, Philip, 


1860 


1872 


Fitch, Samuel S., M.D., 


1861 


1873 


Furman, John M. , 


1861 


1873 


fFellows, Louis, 


1863 


1873 


f Fellows, Robert, 


1863 


1873 


Foster, George H., 


1863 


1873 


fFord, John R., 


1863 


1873 


f Fay, A. Goodrich, 


1864 


1873 


Francis, Lewis, 


1864 


1874 


Francis, Augustus T. , 


1865 


1874 


Freligh, Edwin G-, M.D., 


1865 


1874 


Ferguson, James F., M.D., 


1865 


1875 


Flanagan, John R., 


1866 


1875 


fFish, Nicholas, 


1867 




Ferrier, Capt. John M., 


1868 


1851 


FurniBS, William, 


1869 



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31 



Fogg, William H. , 


1869 


Felt, Edwin M., 


18G9 


Fithian, Freeman J., 


1870 


fFaye, Thomas, 


1871 


Freeman, Francis P., 


1871 


fFox, Austin 6., 


1872 


fFellows, James W., 


1873 


Field, Maunsell B. , 


1873 


Funke, HermaTiTi, 


1873 


Freedman, John J., 


1873 


f Foster, Frederic de Peyster, 


1874 


Finlay, Edward S., M.D., 


1874 


Fabian, Robert L., 


1874 


Fish, Stuyresant, 


1875 


Farrell, Rev. Thomas, 


1875 


fGallatin, James, 


1843 


Gallatin, Albert R., 


1843 


Gray, John F.. M.D., 


1844 


Green, Andrew H. , 


1845 


Gerard, James W., 


1845 


Gallaudet, Thomas, D.D., 


1845 


■{■Goodwill, Ebeu, 


1847 


JGrinnell, Moses H., 


1847 


•[Gilbert, Clinton, 


1847 


fGray, John A. C, 


1850 


Gross, John L. , 


1850 


fGiUian, Edward H., 


1853 


fGihon, John, 


1853 


■Gihon, William, 


1853 


■Gould, Charles, 


1852 


•j-Gourlie, John H., 


1853 


Garrettson, Francis T., 


1852 


f Green, Walter C, 


1853 


■fGunther, C. Godfrey, 


1854 


■fGreene, John W., M.D., 


1854 


Gardner, A. K., M.D., 


1854 


fGillespie, George DeHeart, 


185(3 


■f Garner, James G., 


1857 


•fGoodman, Richard, 


1857 


■fGrant, R. Suydam, 


1857 


f Gilbert, William W. , 


18.57 


f Graham, James Lorimer, 


1857 


■Graham, James Lorimer, jr.. 


1857 


•Gihon, John, jr., 


1857 


JGriswold, George, jr.. 


1857 


■f Griswold, Almon W. , 


1857 


■fGallier, John, 


1857 


Greenwood, Isaac J. , 


1858 


Garrish, John P., M.D., 


1859 


GLIman, William C, 


18()0 


Greer, George B., 


1800 


Giles, John S., 


ISfJO 


Gritlln, Hermon, 


18(51 


Glover, Charles H. , 


1803 


Garrison. Cornelius K., 


1863 


Gilley, Franklin W. , 


1863 


f Gaylord, WiUis, 


1865 


JGoodhue, Charles Clarkson, 


1806 



Gautier, J. H., M.D., 1868 

fGebhard, William H. , 18(38 

Garrison, William R. , 1870 

Gallatin, Frederic, 1870 

Greenwood, Langdon, 1870 

Griswold, Gaspar, 1870 
Goodwilhe, David H., M.D., 1870 

Greene, Martin E., 1870 

Gray, John Clinton, 1873 

Genet, George Clmton, 1873 

Gilsey, Henrv, 1873 

Galleher, Rev. John N. , 1874: 

Goddard, Frederick N., 1874 

fGrifEen, Benjamin, 1874 

Greene, Edward, 1875 

Gallup, Albert S., 1875 

f Hamilton, John C, 1817 

Hoffman, Murray, 1831 

Hoppin, William J., 1843 

f Hunter, Charles F., 1844 

JHuutington, D., 1846 

Hall, John B., 1847 

HaU,A. Oakey, 1847 

■f Holmes, Adrian B., 1849 

Hurlbut, Heniy A., 1849 

fHall, Valentine G., 1850 

•[Hamilton, James A., 1850 

Hewitt, Abram S., 1850 

fHunt, AVilsonG., 1850 
fHoughtou, George H., D.D., 1850 

JHaggerty, Ogden, 1851 
Hubbard, Samuel T., M.D., 1852 

Hook, John D. W., 1859 

f Hoffman, William B., 1853 

JHowes, Reuben W., 1853 

JHoge, William, 1853 

fHeiser, Henry A., 1853 

fHalstead, Nathaniel N., 1853 

JHerrick, John J., 1853 

■f Hoe, Richard M., 1853 

fHoe, Robert, 1853 

fHarriman, Edward, 1853 

Hyde. Samuel T., 1853 

Hoe, Peter Smith, 1853 

fHoople, William H., 1854 

•f Hubbard, Robert J., 1854 

JHardeubergh, John A. , 1855 

•fHolden. James C, 1855 

fHicks, Thomas, 1856 

•[Hewitt, James W., 1857 

JHewitt, James, 1857 

■[Halsted, Wmiam M. , 1857 

JHerring, Silas C, 1857 

■[Harden, George, 1857 

JHutchins, Waldo, 1857 

JHenrj', George Herrick, 1857 

jHavemej'er, John C, 18')7 

JHall, John Tonnele, 1857 



32 



RESIDENT MEMBEE8 OF THE 



jHoyt, Joseph B. , 
f Hoyt, Oliver, 
JHai-mer, Charles Gr. , 
■f Hyatt, George E. L., 
fHoe, Robert, jr., 
fHarbeck, Charles H., 
fHaU, Peleg-, 
fHarbeck, Charles T. , 
Hitchcock, RosweU D., D.D., 
Hadden, William A., 
f Hutchinson, Ira, 
fHamersley, John W. , 
f Harriott, John A., 
Hawley, E. Judson, 
Hawley, D. Edwin, 
Hawes, Arnold C, M.D., 
Haines, William A. , 
Hincken, Edward, 
Hyde, Ebenezer J., 
Haight, D. Henry, 
Hay, Allan, 

fHamersley, A. Gordon 
fHamersley, Lewis C, 
Hall, Philander D., 
Hutton, Benjamin H. , 
f Hall. Edward S., 
Harrison, Joseph G., 
Hegeman, William, 
Hinman, William K., 
f Hewitt, John C, 
Hillman George W. , 
f Hosier, Abram, 
f Hawley, Thomas R., 
f Hunt, Nathaniel W. , 
Housman, Charles H., 
Hills, James S. , 
Hatch, Stephen D., 
Herrick, J. Hobart, 
Hidden, Thomas B., 
f Haxtun, John Raymond, 
fHyslop, George L., M.D., 
fHand, Clifford A., 
Holdich, Joseph, D.D., 
f Hamilton, James Augustus, 
f Hadden, John Aspinwall, 
Howlden, Fredeiic, 
Haydock, George G., 
Hodges, Marcus F., 
Howe, Jacob Frank, M.D., 
Hunt, James M. , 
Hildreth, Watson J. , 
Holcomb, Wm. Frederic, M.D. 
fHaight, Edward, 
fHendricks, Albert, 
f Hendricks, Joshua, 
f Hawkins, William F. , 
Hagen, John C. , 
Hillman, Samuel T. , 
Halsted, James M. , 



1857 


Hatch, A. J. , 


1870 


1857 


f Haines, Henrietta B. , 


1870 


1857 


Henry, Theodore D., 


1870 


1857 


fHall, John, D.D., 


1870 


1857 


Hoppin, William W. , jr. , 


1871 


1857 


Haight, Joseph, 


1871 


1857 


Henry, Edward L., 


1873 


1857 


Hawkins, Dexter A., 


1873 


1857 


Howard, Richard, 


1873 


1857 


Hoyt, Ezra P., M.D., 


1873 


1857 


Harper, William Walton, 


1873 


1858 


Hoyt, Alfred M. , 


1874 


1858 


Havemeyer, James, 


1874 


1858 


Hartt, James C. , 


1874 


1858 


Holbrook, Edmund F., 


1875 


1859 






1860 


jlngraham, Daniel P., 
f Irvin, Richard, 


1844 


1860 


1853 


1860 


Ingraham, Daniel P. , jr. , 


1861 


1861 


fiselin, Adrian, 


1863 


1861 


Irving, John Treat, 


1863 


1861 


Isaacs, Myer S. , 


1865 


1861 


Irvin, Alexander P., 


1866 


1862 


fiselin, Adrian, jr., 


1868 


1863 


f Iselin, Columbus O'Donnel, 


1873 


1863 


IseHn, William E., 


1873 


1863 






1863 


f Jones, George, 


1824 


1863 


f Jay, John, 


1838 


1863 


Jackson, William H., M.D., 


1845 


1863 


f Johnston, John Taylor, 


1845 


1864 


f Jackson, Peter A. H., 


1851 


1864 


f Johnson, Henry W. , 


1853 


1865 


f Jay, William, 


1853 


1865 


f Jones, Walter R. , jr. , 


1853 


1865 


Jones, AValter R. T., 


1853 


1865 


f Johnston, James B., 


1853 


1865 


f Jones, John D., 


1853 


1866 


Jesup, Morris K., 


1854 


1866 


f Jung, Theobald C, 


1854 


1866 


Jaffray, Edward S., 


1854 


1866 


Jackson, George T., 


1856 


1866 


f James, John B. , 


1857 


1866 


■Jones, John Q., 


1857 


1866 


f Just, John, 


1857 


1867 


f Jones, Rev. Henry L., 


1857 


1867 


Jones, David, 


1858 


1867 


Jones, Frederick M. , 


1860 


1868 


f Johnston, John H., 


1863 


1868 


Johnston, Robert H. , 


1863 


1868 


Judson, Charles G. , 


1863 


,1868 


f Janes, Edward H., M.D., 


1865 


1869 


Jarvis, Nathaniel, jr., 


1867 


1869 


f Jenkins, William L., 


1867 


1869 


f Jones, E. Lee, M.D., 


1867 


1869 


Johnston, Archibald, 


1871 


1869 


Jacobi, Abraham, M.D., 


1872 


1870 


Janvrin, Joseph Edward, M.D 


,1873 


1870 


jJay, John C, M.D., 


1873 



XEW 


YORK iriSTOKIC.VL SOCIETr. 




Jex, Josiah, 


1874 


Lane, P. Van Zandt, 


18.58 






Lawrence, George Newbold, 


1863 


fKirkland, Charles P. , 


184G 


Livingston, Robert E. , 


1863 


flvennedy, R. Lenox, 


18.50 


Littell, Emlen T. , 


1863 


f Ketuhum, Morris, 


1850 


f Livingston, Robert J. , 


] H(i:{ 


Kingslaud, A. C, 


1851 


Livingston, Cambridge, 


1864 


tKelley, Robert W., 


1853 


Lewis, Charlton T. , 


1864 


fKneelaud, Charles, 


1852 


Lawrence, Emlen X., 


186.) 


Koerner, Prof. Herman 


J. A., 185:] 


Lamberson. John G. , 


1865 


•■Keteltas, Eugene, 


1854 


f Leonard, Henry K., 


186a 


■ Kiuuey, George, 


1854 


fLord, George W. T., 


186& 


fKernochan, James P., 


185G 


Low, Joseph T., 


1867 


•Ketchum, Edward B., 


1857 


fLottimer, William, 


1867 


•Kernochan, John A., 


1857 


f Leggatt, Richard J. 


1867 


fKiug, WillLam L., 


1857 


fLeoser, Charles McK., 


1867 


Kirby, Spencer, 


1858 


fLevings, Noah C, M.D. 


1867 


Kemp, George, 


1863 


Leslie, Frank, 


1867 


fKennin, John L., 


1863 


Lyon, William G., 


1868 


Klots, John T., 


18G3 


Larremore, Richard L., 


1869 


Kuhne, Frederick, 


1804 


Lathrop, William G.,.jr., 


1869 


Knapp, Manning M., 


186.5 


Lamb, Martha J , 


1870 


Kellogg. A. Bigelow, 


1866 


Ludlura, John L., 


1871 


Kemp, Edward 


1866 


fLoubat, Joseph F., 


1871 


Kircheis, Alexander F., 


1867 


Lathrop, Herbert N., 


1873 


Kissam, Benjamin T., 


1870 


Lane, Robert, 


1873 


Kip, William W. , 


1871 


fLibbey, William, 


1873 


f King, Ai'chibald Gracie 


1871 


Linsly, John H., 


1873 


Knox, John M. , 


1871 


Lawrence, Joseph Bayley, 


1874 


fKane, J. Grenville, 


1873 


f Lawson, Leoindas M. , 


1874 


Kidd, George W., 


1878 


Littlefield, Erastus, 


1.875 


fKeteltas, Henry, 


1875 


Lathers, Richard, 


1875 


f Lawrence, William B., 


1821 


f Morris, Gouverneur, 


1.838 


jLiuUow, Thomas W. 


1828 


f Marchant, E. D. , 


1844 


f Lenox, James, 


1844 


f Marsh, Luther R., 


1847 


fLoomis, H. B., 


1847 


fMintum, Charles, 


1847 


fLawton, Cyrus, 


1848 


f Moore, George H., 


1847 


Lossing, Benson J., 


1848 


Myers, T. Bailey, 


1848 


fLeRoy, Jacob R., 


1848 


f3Iiles, William, 


1848 


f Lawrence, John S., 


1850 


fMacy, William H., 


1848 


Latting, John J. , 


1850 


fMarsh, James, 


1848 


fLane, Smith E., 


1850 


fMarquand, Heniy G., 


1849 


LefEerts, Marshall, 


1850 


f Morgan, Edwin D., 


1849 


Leveridge, J. W. C, 


18.52 


Mersereau, John W., 


1849 


fLeverich, Henry S., 


1853 


Meyer,. Frederic William, 


18.50 


fLawrence. Ferdinand, 


18.52 


fMcCurdy, Robert H., 


18.50 


JLathrop, Rev. Edward, 


18.54 


fMarsh, Benjatnin F., 


1850 


•jLanier, James F. D., 


18.54 


f Miller, Daniel S , 


18.50 


fLowden, Robert, 


1854 


fMcKesson, John, 


18.50 


fLane, George W., 


18.56 


fMcLaren, William, 


1850 


fLeverich, Charles P., 


1857 


McLean, James M. , 


1850 


fLanier, Charles, 


1857 


f Morrison, James 3L, 


1851 


fLawrence, Henry E. , 


1857 


Murphy, William D. , 


1851 


fLawrence, Thomas T., 


1857 


fMoreau, John B., 


1.S51 


f Locke, John D., 


18.57 


MacMullen, John, 


18.53 


fLangley, William C, 


1857 


fMenzies. William, 


18.53 


Leary, Arthur, 


18.57 


Martin, William C, 


1.8.53 


fLang, Louis, 


1857 


f]\Iount, Andrew, 


1.853 


Linsly, Jared, M.D., 
3 


1858 


•(•Myers, John K. , 


1852 



34 



RESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE 



f Mortimer, John H., 
Martin, William A. , 
Moore, William H. H., 
f Martin, William R., 
f Mortimer, Campbell, 
Morton, Levi P., 
Mayo, William S., M.D., 
fMallett, Gen. Edward J., 
JMoore, Frank, 
JMilburn, llev. Wm. H., 
f Morgan, David P., 
fMcIlvaine, Charles J., 
f McKesson. John, jr., 
j Mount, William S., 
fMersereau, Nicholas R., 
JMer.sereau, John W. , jr., 
fMorton, Thomas, 
fMacy, Silvanus J., 
fMacy, Josiah, jr., 
fMorr^an, Homer, 
fMililken, David, 
f ]MLlls, Henry Edward, 
•|j\Iorgan, Henry T. , 
fMorrison, David M. , 
fMorrison, William E., 
]\Ianning, J. Angus, 
f Mettam, Charles, 
f Morgan, William F., D.D., 
•JMcIlvaiue, Francis E., 
jMartin, Albert A. , 
McVickar, John Aug., M.D., 
fMinturn, Robert B., 
More wood, John R., 
f Macfarlan, Thomas, 
Monell, Claudius L. , 
Meday, Christian H. , 
Manice, W. D. F., 
Moore, Charles B. , 
Morgan, George D., 
fMonahan, Thomas, 
•jlMoreau, Charles C, 
Mills, Andrew, 
jMcKaye, James, 
Murray, D. Golden, 
Meigs, Charles A., 
Marshall, Henry P., 
fMunsell, Jabez E., 
Meyer, Henry, 
Mackie, Simon F., 
fMcClellan. Gen. George B., 
JMorreU, WUliam H., 
Morgan, Edward T., 
fMacy, Charles A. , 
fMacy, Charles A., jr., 
Morris, Theodore W., 
McMurdie, John, 
f Morris, Harry M. , 
McKee, Thomas J., 
fMorison, John A., 



18.-)3 


Matthews, James, 


1807 


I8r,2 


f Maxwell, William D., 


1867 


1852 


f i\Ieri-itt, Douglass, 


1867 


1853 


Monroe, Ebenezer, 


1867 


1854 


f Moore, George Evertson. 


1867 


1855 


Monroe, Elbert B., 


186S 


1855 


Matthews, Charles H. , 


18G9 


185(3 


Morris, Fordham, 


1870 


1850 


Mar.shall, Jonathan, 


1870 


185G 


tMyer, Gen. Albert J., 


1870 


1857 


McVickar, Rev. Wm. Neil son 


1870 


1857 


fMaclay, Robert, 


1871 


1857 


fMuller, Adrian H. , 


1871 


1857 


Moore, Henry S., 


1871 


1857 


McTavish, Duncan A., 


1872 


1857 


Macy, Rowland H. , 


1873 


1857 


Marbury, Francis F. , 


1873 


1857 


Montague, Dibrell P., 


1873 


1857 


Mills, JohnC, 


1873 


1857 


McKesson, George Clinton, 


1873 


1857 


f Montgomery, Thomas H., 


1874 


1857 


Morris, Heuiy L. , 


1874 


1857 


Marshall, Daniel D. T., 


1874 


1857 


McElligott, Henry R., 


1874 


1857 


McKibbin, George S. , 


1874 


1857 






1857 


Neilson, William H., 


1838 


1857 


Nash, Stephen P., 


1848 


1857 


fNorrie, Adam, 


1850 


1858 


f Niblo, William, 


1852 


1858 


fNevins, David IT., 


1852 


1858 


fNoiTie, Gordon, 


1852 


1859 


fNesbitt, George F., 


1857 


1859 


{Nicholson, John, 


1857 


18G0 


f Norton, Henry G. , 


1863 


18G0 


•f Nichols, Horatio, 


1865 


18G0 


Nicholson, James B. , 


1805 


18G0 


Nathan, Gratz, 


1866 


1861 


f Niven, Robert J. , 


1807 


18G1 


Newcombe, Isaac B . , 


1871 


1861 


Norwood, Carlisle, jr.. 


1871 


18G2 


Needham, Elias P. , 


1872 


18G3 


f Nesbit, Robert W. , 


1873 


18G2 


Neilson, Frederic, 


1874 


18G3 


Norton, Edward R. , 


1874 


1863 






1864 


fO'Rielly, Henry, 


1838 


1864 


fOsgood, Samuel S., 


1845 


1864 


O'Conor, Charles, 


1847 


1864 


f Oakley, Heniy A., 


1848 


1865 


f Osgood, Samuel. D.D., 


1850 


1865 


fOpdyke, George, 


1857 


1865 


fOothout, Bleecker, 


1857 


1865 


Otto, Jacob A., 


1857 


1866 


Orchard, Samuel, 


1800 


18G() 


Oakley. E. Benedict, 


1860 


18GG 


Odell, HamDton, 


1863 


18G6 


fOverhiser, J. C. , 


1805 


1867 


Oothout, Edward, 


1865 



NEW YOKK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



Ostrander. Cornelius V. R., 1806 

Opdyke, William &. , 18()8 

fOakley, Hobart, 1808 

Ogdeii, Isaac C, jr., 180.9 

Opdyke, Georg-e F. , ' 1870 

OdeU, 0. Mortimer, 187;i 

O'Callaghan, E. B., M.D., 1878 

fO'Bricn, Peter T., 1874 

Powers, William P. , 1841 

Pell, R. LiYtngston, 1844 

fPhalen, James, 1844 

fParker, W'Ulard, M.D., 1845 

fPeckham, Walton EL, 1845 

fPaiaie, John. 1845 

Peabody. Charles A., 1848 

Potter, Clarkson N. , 1848 

Paulding, AVilliam Irving', 1849 

■f Prime, Frederic, 1850 

{Parish, Daniel, 1850 

fPetit, John Jules, 1850 

■fPhillips, James W., 1850 

fPeters, Rev. Thomas R, 1850 

t Pollen, George P., 1851 

Peters, George C., 1853 

PjTie. John, 1852 

fPenl'old, Edmund, 3852 

fPowell, William H., 1852 

fPaine, William H., 1852 

fPalen, George, 1852 

fPhelps, Walter W., 1852 

fPeck. John, 1853 

jPlume, George T., 1853 

jPabner, Francis A., 1853 

Patterson, Joseph W., 1853 

fPt-rry, Sam^^el, 1854 

Paton, Thomas G. M., 1854 

f Phelps, Isaac N., ' 1856 

f Porter, Mortimer, 1857 

■j-Penfold, William Hall, 1857 

jPrime, Temple, ' 1857 

j Peckham , Walton K , 1 857 
jParker, Willard. jr., M.D., 1857 

fPlatt, Nathan G. , 1857 

■{■Peckham. Alfred G., 1857 

fPyne, Percy E,., 1857 

fPutnara, T' E., 1857 

Parton, James, 1858 

Pinkney. J. H., 1858 

Powers, George W., 1859 

f Prime, William C, 1859 

Payne. Augustus W ., 1859 

Perkins. J? Deming, 1859 

Phelps, Benjamin K., 1801 

Parsons, Edwin, 1801 
Phoenix, Stephen 'VMiitney, 1801 

Phillips. Howard C, 1803 

Parker, Forest H.. 1805 

jPhillips, Charles H., 1805 



' Powell, WUson M . , 1 805 

Patterson, Alberr. 11. , 1 S')7 

fPrentice, William P., 1807 

Pott, Fr;mcis, 1807 

Pell, John H., 1807 

j Purdon, James, 1867 

Parsons, Charles, 1868 

Preston, William I., 1808 

Porter, John K. , 1868 

I Peabody, Arthur J., 1868 

Pierce, John S., 1868 

I fPotter, Hemy C, D.D., 1868 

I Pfeiffer. Carl, 1869 

iPearl, Elbridge G., 1869 

Pond, Samuel G., ' 1809 

fPotter, Rt. Rev. Horatio, D.D.,1870 

Parkin, William W., 1871 

Periy, Myron, 1873 

Post, Wifliam, 1873 

Peilew. Henry Edward, 1874 

Poli:, William M. , M. D. , 1 874 

Parker, George W., 1874 

Quackenbos, George P., ,1855 

Quintard, George W., 1801 

fQumcy, John W., 1863 

f Russell, Charles H., 1830 

fRhineiaader, William C, 1838 

fRemsen, William, 1845 

Rader, Maximilian, 1848 

Root. Russell C, 1848 

|Ray. Robert. 1850 

IRiker. John L., 1850 

Rice, Ed'>^-in T., 1852 

Riker, John H., 1853 

tRansom, A. P., 1853 

JRoberts. Marshall O., 1853 

fRobinson, James A., 1853 

Randolph. A. D. F., 1853 

f Rogers, Charles H., 1853 

fRomaine, W^orthington, 1854 

JRutherfurd, LewLs M., 1854 

fRamsdel, Homer, 1857 

f Ransom, W'lliani, ]857 

f Rockwell, James S., 1857 

JRichards, Edward C, 1857 

-[■Rodman, Robert W., 1857 

•j-Rhinelander, WOliam. 1857 

fRobinson, Daniel. 1857 

Roosevelt. Robert B., 1858 

Ross, William B., 1858 

fRavnor, Samuel, 1858 

■IRvei-son, Gcrge W., 1859 

Robbins, George A., 1860 

Raynolds, Charles T., 1801 

Rosenfeld, Lazanis, 1861 

Rockwell, William B., 1803 

Rowland, Thomas Filv;h, 1863 



S6 



KESIDKXT MEMBERS OF TirE 



Raymond, John, 1863 

Richards. Charles L., 18(>o 

Roome, Gin. Charles, 1863 

fRaynor, James A., 1864 

flieed, Josiah H., 1865 

fRansom, J. Henrj^ 1865 

Reynolds, Augustus W., 1866 

Russell, John A., 1866 

Roiindey, Thomas, jr., 1868 

fRiker, James, 1867 

Roberts, Job. 1867 

fRyuo, Crow-ell H., 1867 

Radar, Louis B., 1868 

Riley, Rev. Isaac, 1868 

fEoosevelt, Theodore, 1869 

Rhoades, J. Harsen, 1860 

Randolph, Stuart F., 186!) 

f RusseU, Jacob, 1869 

f Rowell, Georg-e P., 1870 

Robb, James H., 1872 

Rogers, William Bayard, 1873 

Root, Elihu, 1873 

Ryan, William H., 1873 

Rislej', John E. , 1873 

Reinhart, Benjamin F., 1873. 

fRowlaud, H. Edwards, 1874 

Russell, Archibald D., 1874 

Rice, Prof. Isaac L., 1875 

fSchell, Augustus, 1838 
Sandford, Geu. Charles W., 1838 

Schell. Richard, 1840 

Stebbins, Henry G.,- 1843 

Suydam, T). Lvdig, 1844 

Spier, Gilbert M. , ■ 1844 

Smith, James O., M.D., 1845 

fSpofford, Paul N., 1845 

f Stetson, Charles A., 1845 

Sistare, George K. , 1846 

Shea, John G., 1846 

ScheU, Robert, 1848 

fSchieffelin, Samuel B., 1848 

jstevens, John Austin, 1848 

fSmibh, Asa D , D.D., 1849 

fStewart, David, 1849 

fSmith. Uriah J., 1850 

fSchieffelin. Sidney A., 1850 

fSwan, OiiisD., 1850 

Stewart, John A., 1850 

f Sherman, Benjamin B., 1850 

Smith, Walter M., 1851 

fSloane, David, 1852 

•jsturgis, Thomas T., 1852 

I Seymour, Robert W., 1852 

•j-Seymoiu', John F., 1852 

fStewart, Alexander T., 1852 

fSwan, Benjamin L. , jr., 1852 

fSchuchardt, Frederick, 1852 

f Smith, Thomas C, 1852 



Smith, Prof. Hem-y B., . 1852 

f Stokes, James, 1853 

Smith, John T.'S., 1853 

Smith, Lemuel, 1853 

f Swan, Edward H., 1853 

Sedgwick, Henry D. , 1853 

Sherman, Isaa,c, 1854 

f Smith, William "WTieeler, 1854 

fStillwell, Richard, 1854 

fStone, George C, 1854 

f Schell, Edward, 1854 

f Stokes, Henry, 1854 

Scudder, Henry J., 1856 

fServoss, Elias Boiidinr)t, 1856 

fServoss, George Hancock, 1856 

fSuffern, Thomas, jr., 1857 

:}:Suarez, Leonardo S., 1857 

f Swan, William H., 1857 

f Stone, Joseph Foulke, 1857 

fStewart, John, jr., 1857 

f Stuart, Joseph. 1857 

f Smith, Chas. H. L., 1857 

f Stout, Andrew v., 1857 

fSmull, Thomas, 1857 

f Stout, Francis A., 1857 

f Seton, Alfred, 1857 

fSeton, Alfred L., Ib57 

{strong, George T., 1857 

fSkidmore, John D., 1857 

fSlocumb, Thomas, 1857 

fStrong. Joseph M., 1857 

f Smith, Henry W., 1857 

fStuai-t, R(-.bei-t L., .1857 

fStuart, Alexander, 1857 

fSpencer, Lorillard, 1857 

fSale, William A., 1857 

f Staunton, G. W., jr. 1857 

f Stuyvesant, Peter Gerard, 1857 

fStuyvesant, Robert Y. R, 1857 

fStuyve-sant, Robert Reade, 1857 
f Stuyvesant, A. Van Home, 1857 

Shaw, Samuel, 1857 

fSkidmore, Joseph R., 1857 
fSchieffelin, William Henry, 1857 

f Sproulls, Samuel E., 1858 

Small, Wilson. 1858 

Sinith, Wm. Alexander, 1858 

Sewall, Henry F., 1858 

Seaman, David, 1859 

Solomons, M.. 1859 

Salter, Wm. Tibbits, 1859 
f Smith, John Cotton, D.D., 1859 

Sanford, Charles F., 1S59 

fSmull, Thomas L., I860 

Sackett, Adam Tredwell, 1860 

Smith, C. Bainbridge, 1860 

Serrell, John J., 1860 

Smith, W'm. Henry, 1861 

Satterlee, Edward, 1861 



NEW YOIIK IIISTOEICAL SOCIETY. 



f Smith, John Calviu, 
Sillimim, Charles A., 
Smith, Augustus F., 
Shaw, James M. , 
f Stevens. Bjam K., jr., 
f Smith, E. belahelu, 
Stewart, Thomas E. , 
fSouthmayd, Charles F., 
f Stokes, James, jr., 
Stiirgis, Appletou, 
f Smith, James T. , 
f Seytfarth, Prof. Gustav, 
Smith, Andrew J., 
Swift, John H. , 
Smith, Henry ]\rilford, 
Stoughton, Edwin W. , 
Smith, Lewis Bayard, 
Scofield, George G., 
Smith, Oscar G., MD., 
fSwau, Samuel, M.D., 
Shoemaker, James Y. , 
Salomon, Samuel N., 
Smith, George Plnmmer, 
Shepard, Elliott F., 
Shaler, Gen. Alexander, 
f Smith, William, 
f Smith, Eev. Cornelius B., 
f Smith, Stephen. M.D. , 
f Smith, Spencer II., 
fSchell, Francis, 
Scott, G. Ilobart, 
Steinway, William, 
Spencer, Harvey, 
Schaff, Philip, D.D., 
Stuyve.sant, llutherfurd, 
Shipman, Sylvester D.. 
Schmidt, Oscar E, , 
Satterlee, Augustus F., 
fSistare, W. H. M., ' 
Sterling, Alexander F., 
Schuyler, Peter C, 
Shaw, John C, 
Strahan, John H., 
Sturgis, Russell, 
Sabin. Joseph, 
Stengel, Prof. Frederick, 
Snyder, Henry, jr., 
Smith, George W. , 
Strong, Theron George, 
Slade, George P., 
fSloane, William D., 
Sleviu, Edward P., 
Sturges, Edward. 
Sturges, Henry C, 
Snelling, Edward T., 
Storm, Thonicas, 
Scribuer. John 31., jr., 
Smith, Eugene, 
Scribner, J. Blair, 



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Schenck, Xoah Hunt, D. D. , 
Schermerhorn, William C. , 

Tomes, Francis, 

fThompson, Ceplias G., 

Tilden, Samuel J. , 

Turney, Paschal W., 

Taber, Henry M , 

f Thompson, Joseph P., D.D. 

Trow, John F , 

fThorne, Jonathan, 

fTobias, Alfred, 

f Thompson, Jonathan, 

fTriiiler, A. B. , 

Townsend. R. W. , 

f Thompson, John, 

Tallmadge, Frederick S., 

fTitus, James H., 

f Taylor, Theodoras B. , 

fTrimble, Merritt, 

fTownseud. Effinu'ham, 

Tiemann, Julius W. , 

Tiemann, Peter C. , 

fTatham, Benjamin, 

Trask, Charles H., 

f Turnure , ' Lawrence, 

t Thurston, William II., 

fThorne, Jonathan, jr., 

fThorne, Edwin, 

fTatham, Charles B., 

fTaylor, Moses, 

f Taylor, George C. , 

f Tucker, Richard Sands, 

Tiemann, Daniel F., 

fTyng, Stephen IL, D.D., 

Thom256on, George W., 

Tailer, Henry A. , 

Trevor, John B. , 
Tuckerman, Joseph, 
fTaggart, John G., 
Tiffany, Charles L., 
f Terhune, Thomas, 
Therasson, Louis F., 
Tooker. Gabriel Mead, ' 
Townsend John P., 
Thompson, Rev. Alexander R. 
Terbell, Henry S. , 
Teimey. Daniel J.. 
Thompson, Frederick F , 
fTallmadge, William C, 
Tuckerman, Lucius, 
fThomiJson Frederick, 
Timpson, John W., 
Thompson, Austin D. , 
f Tinker, James. 
Thayer, James S. , 
Traud, Ferdinand, 
Taylor, Francis F., 
■(■Thompson, David Gardener, 



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RESIDENT MKMCEES OF THE 



f Tucker, Jjihn J., 
Thorn, Leonard M., 
Torapkins. Hamilton B., 
Taintor, Chajles M., 
Taylor, Edwin C. , 
Thornell, Thomas L. , 

•f-Underhill, Walter M. , 
Upham. Francis W. , 
TJlmfm, H. Charles, 
Underhill, Jacob, 

Van N^'8t, John, 
+Van Rensselaer, P. S., 
Van Benren, M. M., 
fVose, Charles L. , 
Van Santvoord, Cornelius, 
Vermilye, Thomas E., D.D., 
Van Schaick, Henry, 
Van Hoiiten, D. B. , 
Van Schaack, Stephen D., 
Vermilye, William M., 
Van Winkle, Edgar S., 
Van Alen, Gen. James H., 
Van Nostrand, David, 
Vanderpoel, Aaron J., 
f Van Rensselaer. Alex. , 
fValentine, William J., 
fVan Schaick, Peter C. , 
fVan Woert, F. G., 
f Van Wagenen, Jacob, 
fVan Arsdale, John, 
fVan Arsdale, Henry, M.D. , 
fVermilye, Robert M. , 
Van Vechten, A. V. W. , 
Vermilye, Washington R. , 
f Van Xos'trand, Garrett, 
fVanderbilt, Cornelius, jr., 
•fVanderbilt, William H. , 
Van Voorst, Hooper C. , 
Van Schaick, Jenkins, 
Van Reed, Jacob H., 
Van Wagenen, Hubert, 
Vermilye, Jacob D., 
tVanderiioel, A . Ernest, 
Vanderbilt, William K., 
Vennard, William L., 
Van Wagenen, J. Hubert, 
Vincent, Frank, jr., 
Varnum, James M . , 

Webb, James Watson, 
Williams, Stephen C, 
fWinthrop, Beuj. Robert, 
fWetmore, Gen. Prosper M., 
Weeks, John A., 
Wintbrop. Henry R., 
Willett, Edward M., 
f Warner, Andrew, 



1874 


Williams, William R. , D. D. , 


1845 


1874 


fWood, William, 


1847 


1874 


fWadsworth, Julius, 


1847 


1875 


Wolfe, Joel, 


1847 


1875 


Tv'right, J. Butler, 


1849 


1875 


Wood, Ross W. , 


1850 




Walsh, A. Robertson, 


1850 


18G2 


f Whitraarsh, F. de Pevster, 


1850 


1871 


jWright, V.'illiam W. , ' 


1851 


1871 


Walker, Edward, 


1852 


1872 


f White, Norman, 


1852 




f Williams, John E. , 


1852 


184;^ 


Wood, James R., M.D., 


1853 


1844 


fWinslow, L. C, 


1854 


1848 


jWetmore, Erastus, 


1854 


1848 


fWakeman, John P., 


1854 


1851 


t Wells, Lloyd W., 


1854 


1851 


f Witthaus, Rudolph A. , 


1854 


1851 


fWetmore, Samuel, 


1854 


1851 


f Watts, Ridley, 


1855 


1852 


Wood, Edward, 


1855 


1852 


Wilson, John, 


1856 


1854 


•(■Woodruff, Baker, 


1857 


1854 


fWard, Montagnie, 


1857 


185G 


fWilmerding, T. Lawnrence, 


1857 


185G 


fWilmerding, Frederic B., 


1857 


1857 


fWatson, John, 


1857 


1857 


fWaldron, George B., 


1857 


1857 


f White, Wra. Augustus, jr., 


1857 


1857 


fWatson, Charles, 


1857 


1857 


•fWilletts, Daniel T. , 


1857 


1857 


fVvhite, Charles Trumbull, 


1857 


1857 


jWesley, Edward B., 


1857 


1858 


fWilmerding, Thomas A., 


1857 


1858 


f Woodward, Robert T., 


1857 


1861 


f Warner, Samuel A., 


1857 


18(;g 


•f Wright, JohnM., 


1857 


18G7 


fWinthrop, Edgerton Leigh, 


1857 


18G7 


fWinthrop, Benjamin R. , jr.. 


1857 


1870 


fWinthrop, William Neilson, 


1857 


1871 


f Wlckersham, John B. , 


1858 


1871 


Winston, Frederick S., 


1858 


1872 


fWetmore, Edward Ogsbury, 


1858 


187:3 


fWetmore, Charles Hnbbell, 


1858 


1873 


White, Alfred W., M.D., 


1859 


1873 


Winthrop, Robert, 


18G0 


1873 


Wood, William Henry S., 


18G0 


1874 


f Ward, J. Otis, 


1861 


1875 


f Witthaus, Rudolph A., jr., 


18G2 


1875 


fWatts, George Burghall, 


18G3 




fWard, Wan-en, 


1863 


1828 


Wall, JohnL., 


1863 


1836 


Wakeman, Abram, 


1863 


1837 


f White, Leonard D. , 


1863 


1838 


Westerfield, Joseph H. , 


1863 


1838 


Wheelwright, Benjamin F., 


1863 


1837 


f ^yheeler, Everett P. , 


1863 


1848 


fWood, Isaac F., 


18G3 


1845 


fAVilder, Louis D. V., M.D., 


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fWiley, Frankliu, 
•fvVolf. John, 

fWhittemore, Thomas ^\., 
"VVeruer, Prof. Adolph, 
Wilde, Samuel, 
tWatkins, Lucas S., 
Warner, Everardus B., M.D., 
Weber, Leonard, M.D., 
fWalker, William David, D.D. 
Washburn, Edward A., D.D. , 
Wilcox, J. K. II. , 
Watson, John H. , 
Wheeler, Ezra, 
Wright, Samuel V. , 
Williamson, David B., 
Wright, Edward M., 
Warner, Abraham B. , 
Whittemore, Charles, 
White, Octavius A., M.D., 
fWebster, Sidney, 
fVv'aite, Charles C, 
Weed, Thurlow, 
Wilder, Edward C, 
Wood, Joseph H., 
Woolsey, Theodorus B. , 



1SG4 


fWebb, William H., 


1870 


18G4 


fWard, George Cabot, 


1870 


18G4 


Ward, Charles H., 


1871 


1865 


Woodruff, Lewis B. , 


1871 


1805 


Wheeler, DeWitt Clinton, 


1871 


1805 


Waterbury, Nelson J., 


1871 


1865 


Weeks, Francis H., 


1871 


ISOG 


fWolfe, Catherine Lorillard, 


1871 


18G5 


fWhite, Joseph Moss, 


1871 


18G5 


Washburn, John S., 


1873 


18GG 


WUliams, Edward B., 


1872 


186ii 


Wakely, Charles C, 


1873 


1806 


Wickham, William H., 


1873 


186G 


Watkins, Hezekiah, 


1874 


1806 


W^adsworth, Strong, 


1874 


18G6 


Westbrook. Frederick E., 


1875 


18()0 


Wagner, Clinton, M.D. , 


1875 


1807 






1867 


•Yale. Cyrus, jr.. 


1853 


1867 


f Young, Thomas F., 


1857 


1807 


Youngs, Henry, 


1801 


1868 


Young, Mason, 


1861 


ISGO 


Yergens, Christian F. W., 


1872 


18()9 






1870 


Zabrislde, Horsburgh, 


1863 



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